by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
I like a banana bread, but today, I was looking at my fruit bowl and wondered if other fruit could be used in place of the bananas. How about apple bread I thought? Ooh, or spiced apple bread? How can I make apple bread healthy? To make the apple bread healthy, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 31, 2020 | All Recipes, Round Up Post
Are you doing Veganuary, or maybe you’d like some ideas for vegan meals on a budget Or perhaps you are a new vegan and haven’t really got to grips with what it means yet, many people are turning to plant based eating, not just for veganuary. Do you need or want...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches
Brussel Sprouts that are already cooked Bubble and Squeak The first and most obvious way is in bubble and squeak. Take a few cooked sprouts and chop them into quarters, add a couple of roasties, chopped small, mash in a few cooked carrots and parsnips. Squidge...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches
Part 4 of our attack on those Christmas leftovers. Chestnuts, and no stuffing Don’t know about you, but I always buy several packs of ready to eat chestnuts. I didn’t even make any stuffing this year. One of the things that I will use a packet for is this wonderfully...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Part 3 of our attack on those Christmas leftovers. more turkey ideas Using stale, dead, bread, that’s been whizzed into breadcrumbs, use the zombie burgers basics, and add some finely chopped turkey, ham, beef. Add in some stuffing if you have any, a sprinkle of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
So after yesterday’s attack on the Christmas leftovers, and the ideas on the guest post at Skint Dad, we’re having another go at them today. Use up those clementines If you got over enthusiastic when buying the clementines, maybe buying a box or two when far fewer...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
So there you are, a few days after Christmas Day. Don’t know about you, but I’m drawing breath right about now and sticking my head in the fridge wondering what I’m going to make with all those wonderful Christmas Leftovers a few turkey bones Last year, I had a little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 4, 2020 | Dinners
I made a big batch of lamb ragu using a 500g pack of lamb mince (ground lamb) with the aim of using it in three different dishes. This recipe is using one third mixed with pasta and peas and topped with parmesan. What do I need to make lamb ragu pasta We are using a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 11, 2020 | My Diary
I haven’t done a book review for a while so thought I’d write about just a few of the many many books I have read over the last few months. I always read a lot, but lockdown really ramped that up, and I for one was not complaining! Biography Claire North...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 2, 2020 | All Recipes, Charity
What is a reverse advent Instead of opening a little window and perhaps enjoying a little chocolate each day in December, for 25 days in November, each day I will be donating an item for a local foodbank. I won’t be going over to the foodbank every day!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
It’s October at the time of writing and anyone who has been growing tomatoes over the summer will be bringing the last of them indoors as they will struggle to ripen outdoors now, even in a greenhouse. The days are too short, and the sun is not hot enough Now,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
Our little apple trees are usually very generous and I give lots of them away. We have a Discovery, a very early variety, that doesn’t keep and indeed should be picked and eaten still standing by the tree to enjoy it at its best. It’s a huge cropper and I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 7, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
What is falafel? Wiki says that falafel is a common dish eaten throughout the Middle East. The fritters are now found around the world as a replacement for meat and as a form of street food. Wiki talks about the chickpeas not being cooked before making falafel, which...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
From September onwards in the UK, the hedgerow plant blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), or sloe, produces fruit in abundance. Known as drupes, the deep purple fruit have stones that are large for the size of the fruit. When sloes are cooked, they have a deeply plummy...
